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PLAY TABLE Filed June 1, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 '11 INVENTORS L'rwin R.Guile Minis WCuZZe Sept. 13, 1949.

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PLAY TABLE Filed June 1, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS EreqzhR.CulZeyMr: 8 WUzLLLeI A'ITO RN EYE Patented Sept. 13, 1949 PLAY TABLE Erwin R.Culley and-MarieWWCulley, Chicago, Ill.

Application June 1, 1945, SerialiN0. 597;138

1 Claim. (Cl..155.31'23) T1 The invention relatestoan infants table, andmore especially to a playtable having guard means and an improvedrotatable seat for children.

.The primaryobjectof the invention is the provision'ofa tableof:thischaracter, having a rotatable, seat, .wherein -an infant or childcan be safely ;penned, .with access to the table top, so thatheorshe,lcanxmaneuver play-things without these getting out of reach,and in this manner, p-acifying such 'nhild .lor infant, withoutattendance by .a grown-up, andeliminating the danger of injury;

Another object of the invention is the provision of atablelof"this'zcharacter, wherein greater play area is afforded than is providedthrough the use. of, an infants high chair, and in addition, myinventionmakes it possible for the easy feeding of the infant, without the chanceof accidental upsetting of the food containers by the latter, .orknocking these from the table.

A further object of the invention is the provision of'a table of thischaracter, which is rim andrisreadily portable .and is foldable to acompact object when not in use.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a table ofthis character, which is simple in construction, thoroughly reliable andefficient in its operation, and is strong, durable, neat and attractivein appearance, and wherein an improved seat is rotatable with respect tothe table and can be latched in a fixed position. Furthermore, myinvention is compact, eliminates the services of an attendant for theinfant, affords maximum play space for the latter, and is inexpensive tomanufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which shows the preferred embodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table constructed in accordancewith the invention;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view therethrough with an infant inoccupying position;

Figure 3 is a top plan view;

Figure 4 is a detail view in plan, showing the manner of suspension ofthe chair or seat for the infant;

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Figures lie-la topplanrlviewl of a modified form of my nv ntion whereinthe chair is attached an up ortedbyiano i-frictionally mounted uptarried-beneathethertabletop;

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1able legs I l, .-which;,are pivotedjat, I12, for folding andunfoldingmovements; these gpiVOtS 12 being attached zto part-ref i3!encingxrimyit @rnarginally lthewtop enelsand mar inallyw ab ve the top,panel- (as ,1; Ida ssaid rim :provides ,a guard .sociatedatherewith:piv- .otediangular braces -slidably connected to the top panel l0 inthe ordinary welle-knownumanner. The legs H carry swiveled casterrollers l5, to facilitate the rolling of the table from place to place,as may be desired.

Formed centrally in the top panel In is a circular opening [6 for aring-like turning hoop H, which is rotatably oriented at [8 to the edgeof the opening l6, and is flush with the top panel and rising throughthe opening is a chair or seat I9 for an infant. The chair or seat I9 isrotatably fitted to a pedestal 20, having its base 2| fixed to asupporting shelf 22 stationarily hung in downwardly and inwardly angledsuspension straps 23, which are made fast at their outer ends to theunder side of the top panel [0 at the four corners thereof.

The back 24 of the chair or seat H] has fixed connection with adepending flange 25 on the hoop I 1, So that these turn together,whereby an infant when occupying the chair or seat l9 can alter his orher facing position or an attendant can do so at will.

The chair or seat I9 is fitted with a latch, for looking it againstrotation, if desired, and which is fully described and shown withreference to Figures '7 and 9. The top panel Il] may be ornamented inany desirable manner, if desired, to

2,481,725 f f i If f lend attractiveness to the table, and forobservation by the infant when using the table A.

The top panel It) gives maximum play space thereon for an infant whenoccupying the chair or seat l9, and the said infant can be readily fedfrom this panel, but the guard rail 13 prevents knocking of toys, platesand the like from the top panel, and the infant is properly elevated bythe chair or seat with relation to the top panel.

In the modified form of my invention shown in Figures 6, 7, 8 and 9, thetable top panel NJ has an opening 16 and a guard rim or rail 13 similarto that shown in the principal form. However, the rail I3 is extendedconsiderably below the table top as at 26, and in addition to pivotallysupporting the foldable legs II, the part 26 of the rail below the toppanel has bolted thereto as at 21 a supporting frame 28 having radialsupporting legs 29 attached at the comers and extending to a circularchanneled rim 30 beneath the table top and of greater diameter-than theopening 16. The rim has a bail race 3| formed therein, in which aremounted balls 32 of an anti-friction bearing, and another ring element33 is attached to the rim by bolts 33a and seats in the channel 34 ofthe rim 30 whereby the'balls operate between the rim 30 and element 33and the other anti-friction bearing element 35. The element 35 has asleevelike part 36 which is flush with the inner-edge of the opening l6and has bolted thereto as at 31 the infant's chair 38. -By these means,the chair is rotatably mounted with reference to the table and movementis facilitated by the anti-friction mounting. To latch the chair in afixed position, I provide a latch pin 39 in a keeper 40 attached to therim 30 which is spring-pressed to a latching position by spring 4|. Thepin has a curved shank 42 which is pivotally connected as at 43 near oneend of a rotatable arm 44 on the bracket 45, to the other end of whichis pivotally connected the curved end 46 of an operating rod 41extending through a friction stop device 48. Any suitable friction stopor clamp, generally indicated at 48, may be employed to engage the rod46 to prevent accidental release of the latch pin 39-from thesleeve-like part 36 of the bearing element 35. If desired, depressionsmaybe provided in the part 36 to receive the end of the pin, or the pinmay be provided with a, rubber tip foot 50 to function as a frictionbrake.

What is claimed is: l

An infant's table and seating device, eomprising a table top, a guardrim about the table top and extending below the top, a support memberattached to the rim, the table top having a circular opening locatedcentrally thereof, a second member beneath said table top and attachedto said member support, said members having an opening in alignment withand of a greater diameter than said table top opening, a channel-shapedraceway in said members, anti-friction means carried by said raceway, ahollow cylindrical chair-supporting member within said members andextending from below said table top to substantially below the loweredges of said support member, said chair-supporting member having aninternal 7 diameter substantially equal to that said table top openingwhereby said table top overlaps said chair-supporting member, an annularportion integral with and intermediate the ends of said chair-supportingmember, said chair-supporting member being rotatably supported in saidraceway by said anti-friction means, a chair fixed to saidchair-supporting member and'within said member whereby said chair isrotatably mounted relative to said support and a latch device secured tosaid support and adapted to engage said chair-support- 7 ing member toprevent rotation of the chair.

ERWIN R. CULLEY. CULLEY.

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